Monthly Archives: October 2006

The Sound of Cylons

25th
Oct. × ’06
By Roderick

Check out this funny song and video comparing the old and new versions of Galactica. Since it’s on the new Galactica’s website, you can guess who wins. It is done, Imperious Leader!

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments closed

Our Enemy the President

19th
Oct. × ’06
By Roderick

[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] Once again Olbermann brings it. (Conical hat tip to Brad Spangler.) This may be the best one yet.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments closed

Find Happiness Online!

18th
Oct. × ’06
By Roderick

Geoff Plauché asks for a copy of my Vegas and Tuscaloosa papers. I hereby post them for all interested parties: Vegas and Tuscaloosa. As you’ll see, they’re just different versions of the same paper. Speaking of Tuscaloosa, there are updated driving directions for the conference.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments closed

No Fly Zone

18th
Oct. × ’06
By Roderick

A new Iron Curtain has descended across the planet: our Prince President now plans to “deny access to space to anyone ‘hostile to U.S. interests’.” (Conical hat tip to Lew Rockwell.) Think about what that means. “Space,” in this context, signifies the entire universe beyond planet Earth. There lies the hope of freedom, the future [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments closed

Politics Against Politics

16th
Oct. × ’06
By Roderick

[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] I’ve argued, some would say ad nauseam, that the libertarian struggle against statist oppression needs to be integrated (or re-integrated) with traditionally left-wing struggles against various sorts of non-state oppression such as patriarchy, racism, bossism, etc. My position finds support, albeit in a less than straightforward way, in Rothbard’s article [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments closed

Philosophy in Alabama

12th
Oct. × ’06
By Roderick

The conference schedule for next week’s Alabama Philosophical Society is now online. This year it’s up at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where I’ve actually never been before, despite having friends in the area. I’m giving a paper on how Aristoteleans can avoid the twin pitfalls of making the concept of happiness include everything [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments closed